Keith Golden, battalion chief, said the girl was shaken but not injured. She was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center as a precaution, the Daily News reported.

The National Weather Service in Miami has been warning of a high risk of rip currents the past few days with east winds gusting to 22 mph today.

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According to the National Weather Service’s Storm Events Database, 221 people have died in Florida because of rip currents between Jan. 1, 2000 and Jan. 1, 2017. In Palm Beach County, 20 people died in rip currents during the same time period.

Charlie Paxton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Tampa who has studied rip currents throughout the U.S., said last year that Florida has the highest number of rip current-related deaths because it is a vacation hot spot, with a lengthy coastline and warm waters.

Tourists can overestimate their swimming ability and underestimate the power of the ocean.

“One of the biggest problems is people treat the ocean as they would a swimming pool, especially when the waves are smaller,” Paxton told The Palm Beach Post last year. “They think it’s gentle and they get pulled out a little bit and they panic.”